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Meal families

Poultry

Salmi of squab

Salmi : Reduction of game or poultry carcasses in a spicy wine sauce.

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Sea fish

Darne of salmon with sorrel sauce

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Sorrel sauce: white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter and court-bouillon.

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Sauces

Lobster butter

Lobster meat with butter.

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Desserts

Damson crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Main meals

Bearn piperade

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Culinary specialty based on green and red peppers, chilli pepper, onions and tomatoes, served with Bayonne ham.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spring vegetables in aspic

Aspic : cold dish in which ingredients (vegetables, eggs, fish, fruit, poultry or meat) are set in jelly made from a meat stock or consommé.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Cheeses

Torta del Casar

Spain. Extremadura.
Raw sheep's milk cheese curdled with wild thistle with a medium to very creamy texture and a semi-hard rind between yellow and ocher in color.

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Sheep and Goats

Milk fed lamb with herbs de Provence

Milk-fed lamb : lamb of 4–6 weeks old and weighing 5.5 to 8 kg.

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Sea fish

Stuffed salmon with vegetables

Stuffing with vegetables and shellfish.
Served cold.

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Offal and tripe

Pieds paquets

France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Sisteron. Bouches-du-Rhône. Marseille.
Dish made of feet and paunch sheep stuffed with belly or salt pork simmered in a white wine sauce and tomato.

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Consommé and Soup

Vichyssoise

Soup made of puréed potato, leeks, onions, cream, and chicken stock.
Served hot or cold.

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Poultry

Orange glazed duck

Glazed : spreading honey on the skin of an animal before cooking to obtain a crunchy and sweet texture with a shiny appearance.
Canard laqué avec une sauce à l’orange.

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Sea fish

John Dory and turbot with beurre blanc sauce

Beurre blanc sauce : reduction of shallots with white wine and vinegar blended with a whipped butter.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop ceviche

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Pork

Diots with cabbage

Diot : minced pork sausage flavored with nutmeg cooked in wine (white or red) with onions.

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